Michael Scherer is an American journalist. He is currently a national political reporter for ''

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,'' covering the

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and

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Education

Scherer received a B.A. in literature from the

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. He later completed a Masters at the

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...

Career

Scherer started his career as a reporter at ''

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'' before he was made Washington correspondent for ''

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''. He was recruited to join

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in 2007 and was the magazine’s

correspondent until he was promoted to Washington bureau chief in 2009. He moved to ''The Washington Post'' in 2017. Scherer regularly appears on ''

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'''

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and ''

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''.

Awards

Scherer won the National Press Club’s Lee Walczak Award for Political Excellence in 2012 for his work covering the Obama re-election campaign. In 2014, Scherer won the

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Award for Political Coverage for a cover story on the US government shutdown in 2013.

References

External links

Michael Scherer on

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